REDU format ruling
Genesis Dragon
Nearest-era rulings (Tengu, Sept 2011) — no REDU-specific archive exists.
Card effect (current official text)Once per turn, you can send 1 Dragon-Type monster from your hand to the Graveyard to add 1 Dragon-Type monster from your Graveyard to your hand. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can return all Dragon-Type monsters from your Graveyard to your Deck.
Rulings
(1) Once per turn, you can send 1 Dragon-Type monster from your hand to the GY to add 1 Dragon-Type monster from your GY to your hand. (2) When this card is sent from the field to the GY, you can return all Dragon-Type monsters from your GY to your Deck.
- The (1) Ignition Effect targets a Dragon-Type monster in the GY.
- Discarding 1 Dragon-Type monster is a cost. You can target the discarded Dragon.
- You CANNOT activate this effect if you have no Dragon-Type monsters in your GY.
- This effect will be negated by Necrovalley.
- The (2) optional When... you can... Trigger Effect can miss the timing.
- This effect does not target any cards in the GY. It is not negated by Necrovalley.
- If activated, return all available Dragon-Type monsters (including Genesis Dragon) to the Deck.
- This effect can activate even if Genesis Dragon is sent to the GY from the hand / Deck, or while treated as an Equip Spell by Relinquished.
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